I am THAT GIRL. 

The one in crutches. The one hobbling along and trying to do her best to keep up with everyone around her. And to be honest...I am doing well. I speed crutch. I am walking faster than my friends when I am on crutches!

Andy is always saying "Am I making you rush? Why are you going so fast?"

The reason? BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE.

I thought that if I was on crutches...people would be nicer to me? Is that stupid? I really thought that would happen! I thought I would almost find it patronising how nice people would be to me....UM WRONG.

People speed up to go around you! No joke. I know the speed of Warwick walkers and they deliberately do a little run around you and THEN SLOW DOWN. So I end up having to overtake them ! Just because i am in crutches does not mean you HAVE TO overtake me! What is that? it's like when drivers feel they need to overtake Learner drivers despite the fact the Learner drivers are driving at the speed limit and are literally probably driving to the test centre. It is ridiculous. Mum was once driving my car after she had taken Becky out for a driving lesson and the learning plates were still on. My Mum has been driving for a good amount of years. Decades. And suddenly, all these people felt the need to overtake her. In her huge black jeep, when she is driving at the speed limit, somehow, no one has the same urge.

Then there is the hurtful comments.

"Why didn't she go the long way round for f**ks sake?" said one University of Warwick male student. Delightful individual. I was walking to my room on a little footpath. Why? Why? Because I am on CRUTCHES. I would always take the short cut. Why does it matter if I have two legs or one? Why would I want to spend an extra fifteen minutes getting to my room WHEN I AM ON CRUTCHES. If you are really that bothered, why don't you take the long way around? You have two healthy legs!

Then the library.
People glare at you on the silent floors as you try to find books. I am sorry, I AM WALKING. It isn't my fault I make a metal noise when I walk. I am not doing it on purpose yet you glare at me like i am talking on my phone...meanwhile your ignoring the girl who is actually talking on her phone.


Then LONDON. Yes I was only really talking about the University of Warwick and the pleasant students there to begin with...

London Tube. There are seats for disabled people. I technically qualify. There were a few seats towards the end of the carriage but I would have to hop past people with my crutches and I didn't want to bother them so I stood up. I fell over. No joke. I fell due to my lack of balance and my crutches. Did anyone then offer me the disabled seat they had taken up? Did they move to the seat further down the carriage which would be easy for them to access? No. Everyone just smirked.  I was so embarrassed and I wanted to cry. I wouldn't accept it if someone offered me their disabled seat. I really wouldn't. I'd be too embarrassed. But the offer?? It would have been nice.

London Victoria Station - no lifts going down. No lifts. So I hopped down the stairs and someone bashed into the behind of me and pushed me down the stairs. Just why? They rushed off and I didn't fall on my face, I slid down the remaining four steps. It wasn't even busy. It was 11 o clock in the morning. Not rush hour. There was no one next to me. Why did that businessman feel the need to do that? You wouldn't push a girl down the stairs? So why push the one with crutches?

The disabled lifts are nowhere near the station platforms. NO WHERE. I have to hop all the way to find them and THEN I have to hop all the way back to these platforms. It is so inconvenient, why would you do that? I guess it is to put off lazy people using the lifts (that is a whole other topic, I never realised how LAZY people are. I never take the lift. On principle! If I can take the stairs, I WILL! Yet people wait five minutes for the one lift in the library because they are too lazy to walk. I hope I make them feel a teeny bit embarrassed by this when I hop in on my crutches). But the thing is, it doesn't put lazy people off using the lifts. They will wait. They will walk to find them and actually get more exercise in doing so, they don't care.


Anyway. There is my little rant. Sorry it was so...rantish! x